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Save the Flavor is going to be a first of its kind night of Punjabi + Latino infused hip-hop and funk. We've got arguably the best West Coast MC, and legendary hiphop DJ historian combining forces with the freshest latino and Punjabi hybrid rap groups in the world.
Featuring
BlackMahal
Raashan Ahmad
Los Rakas
and
Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist
All info on bands here:
About BlackMahal
You’ve heard urban groove music, but chances are that “turban groove” is a new sound to you. That’s what the unique San Francisco-based band BlackMahal calls its blend of hip-hop, funk and Punjabi music. The nine-piece band is fronted by the grey-bearded singer and dhol drummer Ustad Lal Singh Bhatti, known as the godfather of Punjabi-American music. He has performed for nearly every US president since Gerald Ford, and is just as at home singing at the alternative South by Southwest festival with this rollicking, unpredictable, wildly danceable band. This is what Rolling Stone magazine had to say about Black Mahal: —the band plays rollicking, “Their sound is perhaps unlike anything else out there today…It’s awesome!” Artist Website
About Los Rakas
There are groups that come along and change the way we listen, appreciate and connect to music. Hailing from Panama but now residing in California, Los Rakas blends Hip-Hop, Plena, Reggae and Dancehall music with Spanish and English lyricism creating songs that leave your head noddin' and body rockin.'
Los Rakas (DunDun and Rico AKA Filthy Rich) tag team the mic with a tenacity reminiscent of old school veterans in the game and the passion of the newer artists on the scene.
About Raashan Ahmad
Raashan Ahmad has been on the grind since his first release as one of the lead MCs in the group Mission, who released the self titled album in 1999 and more recently, as the front man for the live hip-hop group Crown City Rockers, who released two albums.
With his reputation growing as one of hip-hop’s finest MCs, Raashan then released his first solo album The Push which solidified his place as one the most innovative and versatile MC’s to look out for. He has toured extensively through cities, states and continents, performing in front of thousands, rocking festivals and dive bars alike while remaining intimate and sweaty with every performance. Raashan has collaborated with the some of the genres brightest and most respected artists collecting a tremendous quality discography with multiple releases in the world.
Now Raashan returns with his newest album and best material to date. For What You’ve Lost is a heavily collaborative, musical journey sure to give his fans what they’ve been waiting for. This album is rooted in classic hip hop tradition as well as jazz, soul and funk while continuing to push musical boundaries into the future of the genre. Guest appearances ranging from the new soul heroes like Aloe Blacc and Noelle Scaggs, and hip hop veterans like Gift of Gab, and Count Bass D alongside new school MC’s like Rita J and Stro the 89th key make this album both diverse and a spectrum of sound and culture. Quickly becoming one of the most sought after MC’s, this new album shows Raashan’s evolution and growth. As pitchfork media puts it, “Raashan Ahmad emerges as one of the West Coast’s premiere MC’s, his flow effortless and vocabulary expansive. He brings an everyman context to his rhymes making the mundane dramatic with a subtle righteousness and around-the-way likeability.” Get Familiar!
About Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist
Bay Area hiphop DJ, promoter and founder of True Skool. What else can you say about Ren? He is Bay Area hiphop!
